After 30 years of turkey hunting I’ve heard a lot of these myths. You are correct in all of this and on 4-14-2024 in north Alabama, I saw a turkey with my own eyes swim across a ditch.
Thank you so much for your knowledge! I’m going on my 2nd turkey hunt but have been HOOKED since the first. Your advice and knowledge are above reproach! Please keep it up!! God bless!
My dad was an old school turkey hunter like that. He got his start hunting turkeys in south Mississippi in the early 70s. I saw the man kill a heaping pile of turkeys through the years. He firmly believed that birds hated to go down hill, and always called very soft and rarely ever yelped. He also believed that hunting a field first thing in the morning was a waste of time because turkeys hate getting the dew on their feet. Lol I miss him. He was a hell of a woodsman.
@@tfred2129 Cool. I got to go down there and hunt with him once in about 2002. Beautiful woods and lots of birds down there. I’m from Weet Monroe LA. Not many birds here.
Thanks glad I watched this I actually listened to the cluck and purr thing being a warning call. I'm new to turkey hunting and called one in last year c&p.
Good stuff, I also harvested several after calling them down a hill. Also over calling will cause them the shut up. You just need to know when and where to call and when the stop.
I heard that you nevr cluck unless you Yelp along with it to keep them from thinking it's a "putt". Glad you clarified it. Season opens up Saturday for us in Alabama and gone be in there before daylight!! Happy hunting!!
Amen brother. I’ve called them in from two ridges over. Could barely here him. He came over two ridges and a small creek. He was on fire. 22lbs. Florida bird. Just one example. There has been many. You 200 percent right they are all myths.
Great job Dale! I get a kick out of all the myths out there. You said it right they think Gobblers have human reasoning ability lol. They have also killed "a lot of turkeys" one per year for 10-15 years. It's all relative I guess but I've learned the myths because I've been blessed to guide and video 20-30 successful hunters for 15 years and hunted for 26. That equals "a lot of turkeys". You were so spot on about hunters over thinking and believing myths.
Matt, glad to see you. I’m in the same boat as you, had two pulled yesterday. Thanks for helping me though it, I was watching your tutorials in the waiting room to get ready for the season, imagine how I felt knowing my hunting buddy was going through the same thing as me. Misery loves company!!
That first one is something I've heard from hunter friends and on videos of famous hunters. But nothing any of those guys said have ever helped like your advice. I have two Missouri seasons and 4 turkeys worth of experience now, and I didn't even see one until I took advice from your video about what new hunters do wrong. I'll definitely purge my mind of those myths. Thanks again!
Couldn’t agree more with the “Cluck and Purr” comments. I know the videos you’re talking about and when I heard this host say that clucking and purring was an alarm sound I almost fell out of my chair. If you do the call correctly, it has the complete opposite effect! It can calm down turkeys who are nervous! This same call with completely different inflection can be an alarm call, but the turkeys body language and speed/volume of calling is what determines that! I wonder how many people saw this other guys video and now don’t use one of the most vital calls in turkey hunting.
Great Video Matt! I agree 100 percent on what you say about Clucks and Purrs. Love them. Talked about them in my 2nd Video. I just uploaded a 3 Minute Video 1 Month ago-- Spring GobblersOn BootLeather On Public Land. I Scout out areas way off the sides of Woodsroads. Let me know how you Like that Video if you have time to watch it. 30th Spring coming up. Got 118 so far. Can't wait for NJ to open up!!!
Turkeys are call shy😉...... remember the one we worked for 4 hours and called and called and eventually we were able to set up a little closer and call some more and after 45 minutes of calling he finally came in? You was purring and clucking A LOT too.... I’m pretty sure that ol turkey broke ALL myths! That was a 3+ year old too.
lol.. I've heard these myths and lies before as well.. I find the putt and cluck myth interesting though, never heard that one.. I use it often and just like raking the leaves, it really brings in some of them stubborn toms.. I agree with what you mention about birds being "call shy" .. I don't recall ever seeing birds not be receptive to calls in the early season... I have experienced stubborn birds that wouldn't come to calls but I think they're just educated.. they've been called to, shot at and seen too many humans and decoy spreads.. People making those excuses about being call shy just might not understand the multitude of scenarios that could lead to birds not coming in.. too much movement, bad decoy placement/spread, could be something preventing them from coming in , might have another hen closer that is easier/quicker to get to. who knows.. great video..
Thank you sir! I clicked on this video in hopes that you would mention the cluck/ purr . I have called in many birds using that and it's deadly! I think whoever says you can't do it is just trying to keep a secret to success!
Got fed up with one turkey last year.so i just went through my whole turkey vest doing a few yelps with each call (12 total)and even owl hoot.by the time i hit the owl hoot he shock gobbled 45 yards away and i killed him 5 minutes later.he had a triple beard on public land.
I have to disagree, in a way, on number 2. I've heard the alarm putt purr many times but it's always been from roosted turkeys I've been busted by and always loud. What you're talking about is soft calling. Turkeys do it all the time while feeding and no it doesn't alarm them. Maybe people that say it does, and I've read in turkey hunting magazines that it's an alarm call, have experienced being busted by roosted turkeys or just calling way too loud. The feeding purr putt/putt purr, which ever you wanna call it and probably should be called purr cluck is veryyyy soft and will not scare turkeys. Turkeys do not call soft when alarmed because soft calls won't alarm other turkeys around them.
@@daleoutdoors17 If you ever have the time to come up here I would love to hunt with you and show you the area and learn from you. I'm pretty inexperienced. I've only been turkey hunting the last 2 seasons but tagged 2 birds last season and I'm hooked haha.
I’m glad you brought up the purring. I may know the video you’re referring to. It kind of threw me when I saw it. But I’m glad you’ve reassured me it’s false
I know the video also. That guy was just plain wrong. Turkeys cluck and purr ALL THE TIME. It's their content feeding call. I bet every turkey I killed with the cluck and purr wishes they would have seen that guy's video first, lol.
